Preventing the skilled worker shortage

With its initiative of regularly presenting companies that provide vocational training, the Chamber of Crafts Koblenz acknowledges the exemplary commitment to providing vocational training on part of its 18,845 member businesses. With their provision of training, they safeguard qualified young talents for the crafts and trade. The currently featured company providing vocational training is the mechanical engineering firm of "Adam Anlagen- und Maschinenbau" based in Gödenroth in the Rhein-Hunsrück administrative district.

"We are a medium-sized business with world-wide activities in the field of mechanical engineering. We construct, produce, assemble and provide maintenance for special machines for large-scale facilities as well as lifting and conveyor devices", describes Master Metalworker Jürgen Adam, owner of the firm, the range of his company's services. "Our apprentices are integrated into all operational processes right from the start. For me, training means preventing a shortage of skilled staff", says Adam.

"The crafts and trade's image campaign is necessary, because the competition for apprentices will increase. The crafts and trade have to win them over with high-tech. Computer-controlled machines are on the advance in trade businesses. Young people often are not aware of this. They have antiquated notions about the crafts and trade and are not familiar with the diversity of professions", he stresses.